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The Moon on Friday, December 2, 1960: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 02°

Moon age

13.5days

Moon phase on December 2, 1960Waxing Gibbous

Friday 2 December 1960397,881 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 2, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 13.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.5 dMoon age
397,881 km247,232 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (3°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 2, 1960 is on Saturday, December 3, 1960 at 04:25 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 18, 1960 at 23:46 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, November 25, 196015:42
Full Moon (after)Saturday, December 3, 196004:25

The Moon around December 2

More about this date

Friday, December 2, 1960 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 18, 1960 to the new moon of December 18, 1960, a cycle of 29.46 days.